{"nrhp_refnum":"86001923","name":"Helen Chapel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW corner of E. Wood and Champion Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Youngstown","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.10177717700003,"lon":-80.63778190499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Helen Chapel is a 2½-story brick and rough sandstone chapel at the northwest corner of East Wood and Champion Streets in Youngstown, Ohio, built in 1889-90 for the adjacent First Presbyterian Church.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent, largely unaltered example of Romanesque Revival architecture designed by local architect Adolph Kanengeiser. It is also tied to the prominent Wick family, who donated it in memory of their daughter Helen, and to the history of First Presbyterian Church. It is one of the few remaining 19th-century church buildings in downtown Youngstown.","narrative":"Helen Chapel is a brick and rough sandstone building at the northwest corner of East Wood and Champion Streets in downtown Youngstown. Built in 1889-90 to designs by local architect Adolph Kanengeiser, it served as a Sunday School and worship space for the neighboring First Presbyterian Church. Myron C. and Elizabeth Bonnell Wick paid for it as a memorial to their daughter Helen, who died at age four. Romanesque Revival features include round-arched windows and entries, a corner entry tower with turrets, and dark stone trim. Inside, a cove ceiling with decorative wooden cross beams, two stone fireplaces, and stained glass windows survive intact. A 1934 connecting hall joined it to the church, yet the chapel remains a distinct building. It is valued as a well-preserved Victorian-era design, as a link to the Wick family's role in Youngstown's banking and iron and steel history, and as one of the few 19th-century religious buildings left downtown.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Adolph Kanengeiser","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Described as being in its original form and in excellent condition; still associated with First Presbyterian Church and used as a chapel.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.702147-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001923.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001923/f344173d0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001923/f344173d0c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Church_of_Youngstown.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:First_Presbyterian_Church_of_Youngstown.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985855","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Chapel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5702019"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/helen-chapel-86001923/"}